Death of toddler in caregiver's home ruled accidental

CANNON TOWNSHIP -- A 2-year-old boy who died at his caregiver's home last month likely ingested rubbing alchohol or fingernail polish, Kent County sheriff's investigators said.

Keenan Marshall's death has been ruled an accident.

An autopsy conducted by Dr. David Start of the Kent County Medical Examiner's office showed small amounts of acetone in the boy's eye fluid and urine. Rubbing alcohol and fingernail polish were in the home of Melissa VanFossen, the caregiver, but no one saw him ingesting anything harmful.

According to state documents, Keenan became ill Feb. 18 and began vomiting that day and the next. VanFossen took him to a doctor but a Feb. 20 exam revealed nothing extraordinary, the Marshall family's pastor said.

She was keeping him hydrated per a doctor's order, but found him dead at 6:30 a.m. Feb. 21, the document said.